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Formats Unpacked: The 2x2 Matrix
How a simple format makes complex decision making easier
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Formats Unpacked: RuPaul's Drag Race
How a format combines ‘warm and fuzzy’ or ‘uncomfortably harsh’
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Apr 7
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Breaking News Memes
How memes help make sense of the news
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Mar 31
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Formats Unpacked: History of the World in 100 Objects
How constraints shaped one of the BBC's favourite formats
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Mar 17
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Formats Unpacked: Gogglebox
How watching people watching TV became one of our most loved formats
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Mar 10
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Formats Unpacked: What I Love
How a podcast format fills an empty theatre space during lockdown
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Mar 3
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Formats Unpacked: The Repair Shop
How a format became the 'loveliest show on TV'
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Feb 24
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Formats Unpacked: Fighting Fantasy
How a book format inspired a groundbreaking Netflix experiment
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Feb 17
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